-<td width="65%"><p style="margin-top:3em;">The OW2 Big Data initiative attracts a vibrant eco system around open source *Big Data* and *Business Intelligence* technologies, by identifying and working on actual business scenarios in which these technologies can bring valuable results extracting valuable information.</p>

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+<td width="65%"><p style="margin-top:2em;">The OW2 Big Data initiative attracts a vibrant eco system around open source *Big Data* and *Business Intelligence* technologies, by identifying and working on actual business scenarios in which these technologies can bring valuable results extracting valuable information.</p>

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<p><style="font-size:25px">The initiative also focuses on *Open Data*, as a primary source of information, freely available, in order to increase the value of information owned by organizations and enterprises.</p>

<p><i>"Data are not useful per-se, and is only when they are properly handled and understood in the right context that they generate value"</i><br/>Source: <u>[NESSI Big Data Value Manifesto>http://www.nessi-europe.eu/Files/Private/DataValueManifestov6%20Final.pdf]</p>